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Every month, AIChE's Youth Council for Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST) will present profiles of sustainability professionals or those with a background in sustainability. Learn about their educational background, current employer/title, job function, and how sustainability plays a part in their industry, university or agency.

If you manage to stay afloat long enough, past associations inevitably resurface. At a recent Société de Chimie Industrielle luncheon, I reconnected with a client who I hadn’t seen in almost 30 years... Read the rest of Terry McMahon's article.

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of India’s Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) to cooperate in advancing the practice of process safety in the petroleum sector in India and around the world.

The 2013 Carbon Management Technology Conference (CMTC), which will tackle the critical issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and how society can respond to climate change, will be held from October 21-23 in Alexandria, Va.

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of India’s Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) to cooperate in advancing the practice of process safety in the petroleum sector in India and around the world.

AIChE’s Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety will draw 2,000 practicing chemical engineers to discuss the latest developments in their industry, which affect the lives of the general public in many ways.

The Chemical Heritage Foundation celebrates Women’s History Month, and are proud to announce that an hour-long television segment based on The Catalyst Film Series: Women in Chemistry will debut March 27 on WHYY-TV12.

Young professional chemical engineer Sarah Ewing about moving from school to the professional world on a Google-Hangout video chat. Sarah graduated from UC Irvine 2010 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, has worked as a field engineer at Schlumberger and now serves as a field applications engineer at FMC.

2012 was a year of fundraising success and growth in program support thanks to the generous support from individuals and corporations. The AIChE Foundation raised over one million dollars from existing and new campaigns, a 50% increase in revenue versus 2011.

The International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES) seeks to promote and advance metabolic engineering as an enabling science for bio-based production of materials, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, chemicals and fuels

Kirk Schulz, a chemical engineer and President of Kansas State Univ. (Manhattan, KS), has received the 2012 Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

In 2012, AIChE's network of Fellows initiated several programs to provide mentoring and career assistance to young members of the Institute. One of the newest of these initiatives is an online AIChE Mentor Center, which is now open for participation by chemical engineering mentors and those seeking...